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Vernacular Name. — If this tree has any vernacular or aboriginal name, I 
should like to know it. 
Flowers. —The large dense racemes of small yellow flowers are the glory of 
the tree. They are borne in great profusion. 
Timber. —The wood is hard, close-grained, and of a blackisli-grey colour, 
considered to he possibly suitable for tool handles. It is but a small tree, not very 
abundant, and considering its beauty from a horticultural point of view, it would 
appear wicked to cut it down for use as timber, which is really inferior, having no 
special merit to recommend it. 
Size. —Up to a height of 40 or 50 feet, with a stem-diameter of 12 to 15 
inches. 
Habitat. —This tree is confined to New South Wales and Queensland. In 
the former State it does not appear to occur further south than the Richmond River. 
In Queensland it has been recorded as far north as Rockhampton; but its precise 
southern and northern localities remain to be defined. It grows in rich brush land. 
Propagation. —From seed. This is one of the most beautiful trees of 
medium size that Australia produces. It is of little or no economic value ; but as 
a handsome plant it should be widely cultivated wherever moisture, warmth, and 
fairly good soil are available. There is a fine specimen in the Sydney Botanic 
Garden, and its rich dark exuberant foliage, surmounted by a golden crown of 
flowers every January, is worth a long journey to sec. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 31. 
A. Flower bud. 
B. Flower examined vertically. 
(a) Calyx. 
(/;) Petal. 
(r) Stamen. 
(d) Ovary (Aipitate) 
c. Anthers, front and back view. 
D. Pod (stipitate). 
E. Pod, valve removed, showing— 
(e) Seed 
(/) Sced-eavity. 
f. Seed. 
(h) Hilum. 
